Fish-hook.



No. 889,505. PATENTED JUNEYZ, 1908.

A. P. BINGBNHEIMER,

FISH HOOK. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 8. 1907.

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Specification of Letters lPatent. I

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Application filed June 8, 1967. Serial No. 377,848.

have invented new and useful 1m rovements in Fish-Hooks, of which the OllOW ing is a description, reference bein had to' the accompanying drawings, whic are a part of this specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a fish hook of such a construction that the main book will be supplemented by a pair of trailing hooks which are spring mounted to receive the bait between them and bear on it with spring pressure, thereby holding thebait in position and affording ameans at the rear end of the bait for hooking the .fish, said means being rendered weediess by its relation to the bait.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the fish hook herein claimed and all equivalents.

- Referring to the accompanying drawin s. in which hke characters of reference ind icate the same parts'in the several views;

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fish hook:

constructed in accordance with this invention with a minnow secured in Fplace thereon; .1'g.-3f1s a plan and, Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modified for engaging bait, a pair oi trailing hooks,

and spring means connecting the trailingform of this invention.

In these drawings 5 represents the main hook which is preferably of the Weedless construction, having the weed guard '6 secured thereto in the usual manner, and 7 is the spoon mounted thereon in the ordinary way. I In addition this main hook has secured to it, preferably by soldered windings 8 at its shank just ahead of the bend, a

pair of connectors 9' which are desirably formed of light spring wire but which may he of any other suitable material, and these connectors have trailing hooks 10 bound to their rear ends. The trailing hooks may be of the ordinary type or-may be Weedless, as shown in Fig. 4 i 1 In use, the bait, which may be'a minnow or a frog or whatever desired, is engaged on the main hook in the usual manner and the 7 pair of trailing hooks 10 are sprung apart residing in Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin,

from their normal position, which is shown in Fig. 3, so that they press against the sides thereof and hold-it-in' proper position relative to the main hook that it may assume a natural position in passing through the water.

By thismeans a fish wili be prevented from tearing 0d the rear portion or the bait without being hooked, for the trailing hooks will i be efi'ective in such cases when'the main The trading hooks are I hook would not. be.

rendered Weedless in use, for they are pro-- teoted by the body of the bait which extends between them, and by reason of-the spring nature of their comiecting'wires this result is effectively produced with, bait'oi various sizes. Furthermore, hyreason oi thespring action of the wire connecting me ns between the main hook and the trailing h oks the latter are caused to tightly bear against the sides of the bait so as to be partially embedded or depressed therein and thereby become less noticeable to the fish and less'hable to interfere with casting. 3

What I claim as my invention is; 1. A fish hook, comprising a main hook for engagin .bait, a pair of trailing hooks connected t erewith, and means for givin the trailing hooks a tendency to move tower each other with pressure toe-leap the bait therebet'ween.

2; A fish hook, comprising a main hook 3. A fish hook, comprising a main hook I iorengaging bait, a pair of trailinghooks, and spring wire \connectors connecting the trailing hooks with the main hook and adapted to press the trailing hooks against the.

sides of the bait.

4. A fish hook, comprising a hook for engaging bait, a air. of spring connecting wires connected witi the shank of the main hook ahead of its bend, and a-pair of trailing hooks connected with the connecting wires and adapted to bear on opposite, sides of the bait. 5." A fish hook, comprising a Weedless 1n hook for engagingbait, a pair ofspring were.

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connectors connected with the main hook, Wires and edzipted to be pressed thereby and trailing hooks secured to the connectors against opposite sides of the bait. 10

and adapted to bear on opposite sides of the In testimony whereof, I afiix my sigma bait near the rear end thereof. I ture, in resence of two witnesses.

6. A fish hook, comprising a Weedless main BERT F. BINGENHEIMER. hook for engaging bait, a pair. of spring eon-' Witnessee: v necting Wires secured thereto, and Weedless R. S,,C. CALDWELL! trailing hooks mounted on the connecting I JANNA F SOHMIDTBAUER. 

